some
determiner
[ sʌm ]
• an unspecified amount or number of.
• "I made some money running errands"
• used to refer to someone or something that is unknown or unspecified.
• "I was talking to some journalist the other day"
• (used with a number) approximately.
• "some thirty different languages are spoken"
• (pronounced stressing ‘some’) a considerable amount or number of.
• "he went to some trouble"
• (pronounced stressing ‘some’) at least a small amount or number of.
• "he liked some music but generally wasn't musical"
• (pronounced stressing ‘some’) expressing admiration of something notable.
• "that was some goal"
some
pronoun
• an unspecified number or amount of people or things.
• "here are some of our suggestions"
• (pronounced stressing ‘some’) at least a small amount or number of people or things.
• "surely some have noticed"
some
adverb
• to some extent; quite a lot.
• "he needs feeding up some"
Origin:
Old English sum, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hamōs ‘somehow’ and Sanskrit sama ‘any, every’.
-some
suffix
• forming adjectives meaning.
• productive of.
• "loathsome"
• characterized by being.
• "wholesome"
Origin:
Old English -sum .
-some
suffix
• (forming nouns) denoting a group of a specified number.
• "foursome"
Origin:
Old English sum ‘some’.
-some
suffix
• denoting a portion of a body, especially a particle of a cell.
• "chromosome"
Origin:
from Greek sōma ‘body’.
